Combined andiron, grate, and fender.



'Nm 630,695. Patented Aug. 8, I899.

' F. A. HICKSUN & W. J. WOOD.

COMBINED ANDIRON, GRATE, AND FENDER.

(Application filed Fob. 11, 1899.)

(No Model.)

. L% WITNESSES Q 5 INVENTORS.

FT'e .lfocha' a n Mic? 772065,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

COMBINED ANDIRON,

GRATE,' AND FENDER.

SPECIFiGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 630,695, dated August 8, 1899.

Application filed February 11, 1899. Serial No- 705,275. (No model.)

T0 on whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that we, FREDERICK A. 11101;- SON and WALTER J. WOOD, citizens of the United States, residing at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and. State of Georgia, have invented new and useful Improvements in a Combined Andiron, Grate, and Fender, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in combined andirons, grates, and fenders; and the invention consists in the combination, with andirons, of grate bars which are adjustably connected thereto, so as to provide a grate which is adapted to be used in fireplaces of difierent sizes by adjusting the parts, as will be hereinafter fully set fort-h, and specifically pointed out in the claim.

The object of the invention is to provide a grate having suitably-supported front pieces or supports to which are connected bars, so that said front pieces may be adjusted laterally to suit the size of the fireplace, said front pieces also having connected thereto diagonally-extending horizontalpieces having therethrough a plurality of slots which are parallel with the rear edge of the support to which the diagonal projecting members are attached, and a series of groovedgrate-bars which are secured to the hereinbefore-mentioned parts by bolts, not only to provide for adjustment, but also for replacement of the bars when burned out or broken.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure Us a front elevation showing the andirons with front grate-bars and a fender attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the structure shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2; butin this figure the horizontal grate-bars are placed on top of their supports. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective View of a modification of the front support when intended to be used as a hanging grate, and Fig. 5 is a modified form of the rest or support for the grate.

A refers to'the front pieces or supports of the grate, which may be constructed with a lower base portion or rest A, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, or with arearWardly-projecting portion A with hooks a a, as shown in Fig. 4.

When the grate is for use in an ordinary open fireplace, it is preferred to use the con struction shown in Fig. 1; butin built-up fireplaces having grate hooks or lugs the con struction shown in Fig. 4 may be used.

The parts A are provided with horizontal slot-s a, to which is secured by means of bolts 1) a grate-front B, consisting of horizontal bars connected by vertical bars, and the ends of the'bar's B have therethrough slots to allow for the contraction and expansion of the bars when heated. It will also be noted that the horizontal bars B are grooved or flanged, which permits a circulation of air behind the same, also to provide a seat for the head of the stove-bolts b, which connect the parts.

To the rear portion of the front part of the grate or supports A A are secured horizontal rests C, which are so constructed as to extend diagonally rearward from the parts A, and these'parts 0 have therethrou gh slots c,which are parallel with the front and rear edges. The grate-bars D, which have short slots 01 near their ends, are secured to the rests C by means of bolts, and these cross-bars are pro= 'vided'on one side with concave faces and on the otherside with flanges, theconcave upper faces being for the purpose of holding ashes, which prevents the grate-bars becoming unduly heated, while the flanges permit a circulation of air under the bars. Where it is desirable to have a high-basket grate, the

grate-bars D may rest upon the bars or supportsO, as shown in Fig. 3, and where'a low basket is preferred they may be attached under the supports, as shown in Fig. 2. supports or rests are provided near their rear ends with legs E.

The structure shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, without the front grate B and the grate-bars D, may be used as andirons for burning wood in an open fireplace'and with the grate-bars can be used forburning coal, and the size of the grate can be diminished laterally and vertically by the different adj ustments provided.

The front portions of the grate A may have formed thereon suitable lugs or recesses, between which can be placed the upper portion of a vertical fender F, said fender having openings and slots f, so that one part of the fender can slide upon'the' other to suit the width of the grate.

A grate thus constructed may be made The either ornamental or plain, and should any of the parts burn out they can be readily and cheaply replaced. Moreover, the parts may be cast and furnished at a low cost.

Having thus described our inventiou,what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination in a portable grate for fireplaces of the front pieces A A having a series of horizontally-disposed slots therethrough', rearward converging rests or supports attached to the front pieces and provided with a series of slots which are parallel with said front pieces, a grate-front made up of a single piece the end bars carrying bolts 15 nesses.

FREDERICK A. I'IICKSON. WALTER J. WOOD. \Vitnesses:

W. H. ZACHRY, S. D. MITCHELL, Jr. 

